224 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA TALLEY. 



Species in N. Eur. and N. Asia to Himalayas and 

 China; variety perhaps in Amurland and Baikal Siberia. 



North America: Ont. and N. Y. to N. J.. Minn, and 

 Mo. 



Minn, valley: S. E. districts; rare; rocky or sandy 

 banks. 



Herb. : Hohinger 39, Winona Co. 



Cerastium nutans Raf. Prec. Decouv. 36 (1814). 

 C. longipedunculatura MunL. Cat. 47 (1813). 

 C. glutinosum Nutt. Gen. I, 291 (1818). 

 C. tenellnm Fenzl. Ann. Mus. Wien (1835). 



C. oblongifoUum Anders. Cat. PL Nev. 118 ( ). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 88; Coult., Fl. Colo. 33: Webb., Fl. 

 Neb. 114; Chap., Fl. S. St. 50; Brew, and Wats. Fl. Calif. I, 66; Brltt., FL 

 N. J 63; Upham, Fl. Minn. 32; Mac, Fl. Can. I, 77; Roth., Wheel. Exp. 71; 

 Wats., King Exp. 38; Gov., Fl. Ark. 168; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 100; Hart. Fl' 

 Scand. I, 2:^9. 



North America: N. S., N. Br., Q. to Man., Hudson 

 Bay and Vancouver; S. to Vt.,N. J., Penn. and N. Car., Tenn. 

 and Ark.; W. to Colo., Minn., Neb., Utah, Washington; S. in 

 Rockies to Northern Mexico. 



Minn, valley: Forest district to Blue Earth Co. ; banks 

 of streams to Chippewa river; moist woods and meadows. 



Herb.: Sheldon 182, Eagle lake. Blue Earth Co.; 

 Taylor 68, Elysian; Sandberg 97, Vasa; Kassuhe 45, Minneapolis; 

 Hohinger 38, Winona Co. ; Leiberg 12, Blue Earth Co. ; Herb. 

 Jloyer 40, Montevideo; Herb. JSlield. 1871, Ramsey Co. 



MOEHRINGIA Linn. Gen. ed. II, 386 (1742). 

 Engler and Prantl, Nat. Pfimz. 3, I h, 84 (Pax); Baillon, Hist. PI. IX, 

 113; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PI. I, 150; Durand, Ind. Gen. Phan. 30; Gray, 

 111. Gen. II, 35. 



Living species: 20 ± ; colder regions of N. hemisphere. 



Moehringia lateriflora (Linn.) Fenzl. Ann. Mus. Wien, I, 



18, 38 (1835). 



Arenaria latenflora Linn. Spec. 423 (1753). 



A. buxifolia Poiu. Enc. Meth. VI, 362 (1804). 



Stellana hijlora Puusii, Fl. Am. 317 (1814) 



Arenaria pennsi/lvanica MuiiL. Ind. Fl. Lancaster, 169(1817). 

 Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 86; Britt., Fl. N. J. 64; Webb.,Fl. 

 Neb. 114; Coult., Fl. Colo.36; Upham, Fl. Minn. 32; Brew, and Wats., Fl. 

 Calif. I, 70; Kegel, FL Ost.-Sib.I, 376; Trautv., Fl. Sib. 35; Mac. Fl. Can. 

 I, 73, 497; Miyabe, Fl. Kur.221: Engl. Pax, Nat. Pflanz. 3, I, 84; Roth., 

 Wheel. Exp. 72; Wats., Bihl. Ind. I, 96: Hart.. Fl. Scand. I, 242; Rothr., 

 Alask. 444. 



Kamtschatka; Dahuria; Baikal Sib. ; Kurile Isls. to 

 Scandinavia. 



